Menu
  • Excerpts
  • Exhibits
  • Collections
  • Originals
  • Categories
  • Map
  • Search
Book

American Scary

A History of Horror, from Salem to Stephen King and Beyond
  • Jeremy Dauber
2024
Algonquin Books

Associated Ideas, People, and Places

Loading...

  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  

Featured Excerpts

  • An old, crumbling Victorian house with figures from horror, including Toni Collette in Hereditary, a zombie, Edgar Allen Poe, and Stephen King.
    Book Review

    American Horror Stories

    It just might be the great American art form. You can thank the residents of Salem for that.
    by Laura J. Miller via Slate on October 19, 2024
  • Cover of American Scary by Jeremy Dauber.
    Book Review

    The Historical Seeds of Horror in "American Scary"

    Jeremy Dauber's new book explores the themes and origins of the American horror genre.
    by Gianni Washington via Chicago Review of Books on October 7, 2024
  • How Bunk Works
  • Who We Are
  • About Bunk
  • Recommend a Resource
  • Bunk on Instagram
  • Bunk on Twitter
  • Bunk on Bluesky
brought to you by
© Bunk History